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Top 12 Book Reviews of 2019 by LSE RB
LSE Review of Books selects the top 12 books based on the most popular reviews in 2019.
9.Perilous Futures: On Carl Schmitt's Late Writings by Peter Uwe Hohendahl
Carl Schmitt’s State and Constitutional Theory: A Critical Analysis by Benjamin Schupmann.
8. Maoism: A Global History. Julia Lovell. Bodley Head. 2019.
6. Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. Arlie Russell Hochschild. The New Press. 2018 [2016].
Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show that a powerful class pay gap exists in Britain s elite occupations. Even when those from working-class backgrounds make it into prestigious jobs, they earn, on average, 16% less than colleagues from privileged backgrounds. ‘Black British working-class women have average earnings in top jobs that are £20,000 less per year than those of privileged-origin white men.’
But why is this the case?
Drawing on 200 interviews across four case studies - television, accountancy, architecture, and acting they explore the complex barriers facing the upwardly mobile. This is a rich, ambitious book that demands we take seriously not just the glass but also the class ceiling.
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